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JW Surety Bonds will close at 12:00 p.m. EST Wednesday, December 31st and will remain closed through Thursday, January 1st to observe New Year’s Day. We will reopen Friday, January 2nd at 9:00 a.m. EST.

JW Surety Bonds will be closing at 12:00 p.m. EST Tuesday, December 23rd to celebrate the season with our company holiday party. The office will remain closed through Friday, December 26th. We will reopen Monday, December 29th at 9:00 a.m. EST.

All of us at JW Surety Bonds wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!

We are pleased to announce the winner of the JW Surety Bonds $25,000 Scholarship Giveaway. The award will go to Miguel Villalobos, a senior in high school attending Greengates School in Mexico City.

The winning entry is the very detailed infographic “All You Need to Know about Becoming a Real Estate Agent”, a creative visual compilation of facts concerning the real estate industry. You may view this outstanding entry on our blog here.

Miguel has applied to several top schools in the United States including Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State University and Rice University. Miguel will major in Economics in the fall of 2015.

We at JW Surety Bonds would like to thank the scholarship applicants not only for the considerable time it took to prepare their entries, but also for their patience in the lengthy evaluation process. We reviewed over 175 articles, videos, slideshows and infographics for this year’s scholarship.

We hope to continue with the scholarship contest in 2015 and will publish details on the scholarship web page sometime in January.

JW Surety Bonds will be closing at 12:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 and remain closed through Friday, November 28, 2014 for Thanksgiving. We will reopen Monday, December 1, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. EST.

This post is an entry for our $25,000 scholarship contest. The post was created by Drake Hills and may not always reflect the views of JW Surety Bonds.

For 200 years, boxing has been one of the world’s favorite sports attractions. Throughout the world, the sport brings great anticipation, excitement, and entertainment to its viewers. All of this is generated by a professional who knows what the people want to see, and who makes it his business to know the skill levels of the various fighters who, when they make their way into the ring, can draw the most attention and cause the crowds to gather and become the anxious viewers for the big fight night.

The promoter —an intelligent businessman or businesswoman who is an expert in generating interest in sporting events – does exactly that…pairs two fighters, schedules a match, and then puts the word out to create a buzz on social media, television, radio, etc. for the match to be watched by millions of people in many countries across the world.

For starters, once a fight is officially planned, the promoter must be confident and dedicated to his plan to make one night a night to remember. There are various ways of getting the word out, and they vary widely in method as well as in cost. For instance, many promoters use guerrilla marketing: flyers, flash mobs, internet, and street art. These methods are typically done at a relatively low cost. But other much more expensive methods include TV ads and billboard signs.

In the industry of boxing promotions, there’s only one man who stands above all the rest. His name is Don King. As one of the most notable promoters of all time, he coined the phrase “Only in America”, and has been successful in promoting fights for some of the most famous and successful fighters of all time, such as Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Mike Tyson. Being a boxing promoter was only part of his act. Don King quickly became an American icon after his successful promotion of the Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman fight in 1974. Some say a promoter gets as much exposure as the professional boxers themselves. There are interviews, special guest appearances on talk shows, radio stations, and even celebrity parties. Don King had all of that and more. He would later star in movies during the Mike Tyson era. King starred or was reflected in movies like: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Rocky V, Devil’s Advocate, and The Great White Hype.

Promoters often advertise their brand as a result of their own individual personalities and functions they host, marketing the events under a consistent name. Not all promotions stop when fights are not in the making. Even during the “offseason” so to speak, promoters are still building their brand to a point where one tweet or poster can either establish charisma or ignite controversy throughout the world; either way, they’re still creating their brand. Promotion has been an underground industry, with companies operated by one or several well-connected charismatic individuals, often working part-time.

However, the growth of boxing promotions continues to build, most notably Golden Boy Promotions founded by East Los Angeles native, Oscar De La Hoya. He has signed numerous fighters under him. Two of his fighters recently contended for a championship belt under the Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana II fight in September 2014.

At the end of the day, promoters need to hold a neutral position to ensure that the fight itself is advertised and promoted fairly for both parties although that can be difficult because one of the fighters could be signed to that promoter’s organization. Boxing promotion is important to the sport itself and is a big contributor to the success and popularity of the sport today.

As you may have noticed, our bond agency has decided to change our company logo. No worries; we’re still the same exact agency. The reason for the logo change was to better represent our company and its Bucks County, PA origins.